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PLUM ISLAND ECOSYSTEM LTER DATABASE
DATA FILE: Data file is available as both an Excel spreadsheet (version 2000) and a text (tab-delimited) file.
LTE-MD-VEGQUADS.xls, LTE-MD-VEGQUADS.txt
DOCUMENTATION FILE: LTE-MD-VEGQUADS.doc
YEAR: 2000
PI: Robert Buchsbaum
OTHERS: Wendy Dalia, Sue Olesko, April Ridlon, Liz Duff, Sam Gale Rosen, Madeline, Simon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DATA FILE: Vegetation % cover data from quadrats along transects through two hayed and two reference sites.
KEYWORDS: salt marsh, haying, vegetation
SITE TYPE: Long Term Experiment
RESEARCH LOCATION: Salt marsh that is hayed by Dan McHugh in Rowley, MA and reference areas in the vicinity of Stackyard and Patmos Roads. Four study sites (two hayed and two references) are contained with approximate boundaries as ff: Lat. 42.740N-42.747N; Long. 70.836W-70.847W. The two hayed sites are McH1 (hayed every year, north of Patmos Rd) and EPH (East of Perry's land and between Sawyer Creek and Patmos Rd, hayed every two years, last hayed in 1999). The two reference sites are PUH (Perry Unhayed, between Sawyer Creek and Patmos Rd) and Club Creek (S of Stackyard Rd and bounded on its E side by the PRNWR).
EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN AND METHODS: 0.2x1m quadrats placed down at 5m intervals along transect lines typically starting at edge of marsh creek and running perpendicular to upland. Percent covers are estimated visually.
NOTES AND COMMENTS: Names of observers: RB (Robert Buchsbaum), WD (Wendy Dalia), ADR (April Ridlon), SO (Susan Olesko), SGR (Sam Gale Rosen), LD (Elizabeth Duff). Madeline and Simon were Gov. Dummer students.
VARIABLE DESCRIPTION: Date; Site (refer to "Research Location" field for codes); Transect (number); Observer (refer to "Notes" field for abbreviations); Distance (distance in meters along transect that quadrat was placed down; Plant names e.g., "Spartina alterniflora" (percent cover of that species within the quadrat including bare areas).
CALCULATIONS:
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:
Robert Buchsbaum
Massachusetts Audubon Society
mailto:rbuchsbaum@massaudubon.org
OTHER DATA FILES TO REFERENCE:
LTE-MD-VEGTRANS.htm, LTE-MD-EOYBIOM.htm, LTE-MD-VEGSTN.htm
REFERENCE CITATIONS:
DATA AVAILABILITY STATUS:
Type 2
ARCHIVE INFORMATION:
Date of entry: May 17, 2001
Data entered by: Robert Buchsbaum
Comments: